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• Re: Syncro Westie GVW thanks
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:36:42 +0000
  ...axle as well.. here's the info from my 2 lighter weighs. The van is '90 Syncro Westfalia: 1160 kg - 2557 lb front 1130...
• Son of Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 20:52:46 -0500
  ...The viscous coupling is part of the front axle, rather than the rear. This concentrates the 55 kg weight gain over the rear-drive...
• Re: Vanagon weights was [WetWesties] RV coverage for BCAA, AAA etc
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:26:37 -0800
  ...medium dog, and all >> camping gear and got this: >> >> Front axle: 2600 lbs. >> Rear axle: 2050 lbs. >> Total wgt: 4650 lbs. >> >> Guess I've...
• Anyone need '53? parts
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 2 Jun 95 11:46:52 EDT
  ...dash, steering box and column still attached to that old wheel, front axle present, all 4 16" wheels present, there is a tranny hanging...
• Re: clutch time
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:22:25 -0700
  ...Input shaft seal Axle seals Axle seal caps Rear main seal Shift linkage boots Additionally, be careful not to accidentally apply any unnecessary force...
• Re: Rebuilt cv drive shaft
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:48:50 -0400
  ...You need to pay the whole thing up front and then we give you the core money back when we get the core axle...
• Re: Turning when hot
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 23:55:43 -0700
  ...This is normnal. > > No, the rotational speed of the front axle will be greater than that of > the rear axle, and no, in this...
• Re: Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:42:44 -0600
  ...nuts off? > Bill, take a very hard look at the front or axle nut side of the drum. There should be a single small...
• Ball Joint Question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 10:57:47 -0400
  Wel, the front end of my 73 is lying in my basement in bits. I got the axle beam sandblasted and TIG welded and...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 Jan 1999 to 5 Jan 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:25:30 -0500
  ...In front you may use 22mm and rear 27mm. At 2WD Vanagons you have to > drill the center hole to fit the axle. > I...
• Oil cooler lines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:04:04 -0500
  ...I'd like to put it forward of the rear axles under the van for plenty of air flow and was just wondering about...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:34:41 +0000
  Thank you Dan for the endorsement.  The plywood box holding a brand new half-axle was for me a great decision and project.  The...
• Re: front end
  Historical mailing list
  6 Sep 95 10:51
  ...The only problem is >that the two tubes and brackets that hold the entire front end >together are severely rusted and beginning to bend...
• Re: Anyone running - Audi 5000 quatro turbo 6-spoke rims (ET-45)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:43:38 -0500
  ...Depending on how thick your shims are, how thick > > your hub is, and how the axle nut is shaped, you may also need to...
• Syncro ride height data collecting...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 20:03:03 +0000
  ...right front 46.5 cm (this measurement is correct!) right rear 45.5 cm left front 45.0 cm left rear 45.0 cm...
• Re: Roadkill and more!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:24:46 EST
  ...Unfortunately this is detrimental to their well being as most of the time you could slide one under the front axle without touching but...
• Re: What to keep on hand to not be stranded
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:00:11 -0400
  ...mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote: > All of the parts mentioned....also an axle, front outer CV, CV boots, hose > clamps of all sizes....minus a...
• Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Tue, 25 Jun 96 09:54:00 DST
  ...forward to a cooler mounted in the air flow around the front axle somewhere and return it to the sump. The pump would be...
• Re: front brake hints needed
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:25:08 -0700
  ...I was worried about the big job of rear brakes turning into a HUGE job, because of the unneccessary removal of the axle nut...
• Re: front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:06:13 -0700
  ...When replacing the front bearings, can they be removed without a puller? or are they pressed into the rotor? I also assume that new...
• Re: Vanagon weights
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:18:33 -0700
  ...permissible axle weight ratings which are > slightly higher for the rear axle. The other reason for a lower pressure in > the front is to...
• Re: '72 axl beem
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 12:16:34 -0500 (CDT)
  ...wrote: > As some of you know I have been looking for a front axle beem for > some time. I have had NO luck in...
• Greasy Mess
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Serafin for Malek
  Thu, 4 May 1995 12:01:41 -0500
  ...The joints were fairly easy to get off the axle and disassemble for thorough cleaning. I had plenty of marked containers so I did...
• Re: Lubing CV Joints, Struck Oil... more questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 03:47:53 -0800
  ...If you take off the axle, you will see it. One of two things happen. Either this cap falls out, or in the case...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:45:30 -0600
  ...8:36 AM, Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> > >>wrote: > >> > >>>Installing Front Left Axle Assembly on 90 Syncro : > >>>I have a box full of the...
• Wanted. 2.0 L aircooled engine - european version
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:52:30 +0200
  ...axlestands. I guess that I can get the work done in about 2-3 weeks of calendar-time, being well-prepared up front - so...
• Re: slashed tires, used tires/Who are we?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:19:37 -0500
  ...an axle on a BMW or you'll really feel weird handling. > It's even quite apparent when there are different tires front to...
• Re: Commercial tire?
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 23:24:31 -0400
  ...Commercial tires usually have 2 load indexes as they are often run on dual wheel axle trucks. Found some info in this thread: http...
• Re: Front axle rip off?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:38:46 EST
  In a message dated 99-04-01 14:24:58 EST, you write: << y. Service reps have to be forgiven a bit if they...
• Re: Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:44:22 +0000
  ...Left front before: 16 5/8"  Left front after: 16 3/8", lower by 1/4" Right front before: 16 7/8"Right front...
• Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:00:20 -0700
  ...and clips Front and rear axles 1 inner & 1 outer wheel bearing & 1 wheel bearing oil seal front wheel bearing front wheel seal rear...
• Re: cv questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:46:19 -0700
  ...my question is in regards to the front cv's. do these fail like the front but not as soon? also, the boots seem...
• FS: Pair of Vanagons Southern Ontario
  Historical mailing list - JayVWGuy
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:44:01 -0500
  ...turbo diesel all new front brakes last year new rear snow tires new slave/master clutch cylinders new axles 10,000 K ago new...
• The Syncro project arrives...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:52:58 -0700
  ...The back ones on one side are toast for sure (he stole an axle along with the front diff), so I don't know...
• '87 Syncro Westy for sale....Maybe
  Historical mailing list - boroko
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:59:40 -0500
  ...stove Nice interior Fresh front axles, bushings, and ball joints on pass side. Rust is on the seams, front, and where the utility hook...
• Re: Wheel swaps and center bores
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:28:18 -0500
  ...Wheel swaps and center bores All, I'm considering getting the center bore on my Audi rims enlarged to fit over the front axle...
• Re: Drive without a driveshaft?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Fri, 24 May 2002 22:23:16 -1000
  ...Drive without a driveshaft? > new tires, alignment, problem with front axles, problem with front > diff? front end problems (bearings, bushings, ball joints)? > > bill > > > On...
• Re: [WetWesties] How do Vanagons do in the snow?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:43:08 -0800
  ...shifts > forward which pushes weight distribution front and > rear to 50/50. Even weight on both axles means more > stability in tricky braking situations...
• Re: Rear bearings and grease question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:28:09 -1000
  ...and it easily gets to bearings...unsealed ones, like used in the front and rear of 2WD vanagons. ( that 'double bearing' in the front...
• Re: Transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Fri, 2 May 2003 21:10:58 -0700
  ...Then, at the forward end, over the transmission front mount, the two hollow bolts that hold the small fluid cooler against the transmission body...
• Castrol Syntec grease/CVs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:23:09 -0300 (ADT)
  ...It's also been well abused Syncro style, and is the front axle. The point you ask...So far no problems, absolutely silent running...
• Re: SYNCRO AUX FUEL TANK
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:50:26 +0200
  >Peeking around the skid plate from the right front fender I >could see that indeed the tank does not straddle the front axle but...
• Syncro Vanagon Transmission Core FS $900 plus other parts.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:03:41 -0400
  ...I also have Good working front differential (VC in unknown condition)- $600 Front CV axles left and right- used- $100 each Vacuum system for...
• Ongoing engine build, it starts! part 4
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 08:35:18 -0700
  ...tank to front end of pressure regulator, strap fuel line to starter with tie-wrap so it doesn't rub the axle. Strap fuel...
• Re: Syncro drove! For the first time in 13 years!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 May 2011 19:06:21 -0700
  ...own power! > The rear drive axles are out to be rebuilt, and it drove forwards and > backwards in Front wheel drive mode only, proving...
• Re: Synchro trans leak
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 11:11:58 PST
  > > On my 86 Synchro, I've replaced the seal around the drive shaft that > comes out of the transmission to the front differential. > > I...
• Re: How to Remove center caps on Carat wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:48:57 -0500
  I think you can pry the front ones out, but the hollow inside of the back ones is filled by the axle nut... so...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 8 May 2016 10:46:10 -0600
  ...You can > never tell when a piece of shrapnel will come flying off. > > As for large bolts or nuts such as the axle nut...
• '86 Syncro wheel bearings(kinda long)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:30:23 -0500
  Howdy Listies, I finaly pulled the wheel bearing out of the passanger side front wheel. If you'll remember it had developed an excessive...
• Wheel swaps and center bores
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:12:54 -0500
  All, I'm considering getting the center bore on my Audi rims enlarged to fit over the front axle dust cap on the van...
• Re: New owner questions-Syncro ownership costs.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:02:09 -0500
  ...If I have to replace 1 or 2 I place the new ones one front-rear to keep the axle speeds matched. Clip> Dennis
• Re: Suspension issue
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 09:29:30 -0600
  ...weight (fully loaded with us in it) is 5700 >> - Front axle: 2750lbs >> - Rear axle: 2950lbs >> >> I'm spending the day at the shop on...
• Re: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:25:27 -0400
  ...the front diff housing is designed to have near-equal torque on both sides of the coupling (drive shaft rotation vs front axle rotation...
• Re: Towing a Syncro, final Q?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 1996 21:48:21 -0700
  ...Be advised that this type of pick > up will damaage the front bumper and it does put undue strain on the front > end where...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Seal Issue (Pic)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:36:00 -0400
  ...That spring holds the seal against the stub axle. Put another way, in cross-section, the seal is shaped like a "C" and the...
• Tires, Parts, Etc.
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Wed, 24 May 2017 07:47:40 -0400
  ...But more importantly, i need both rear axles, front steering rack, and new tie rod ends for the front. Bus depot has most of...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:49:21 -0700
  ...So where is the axle riding? Inner joint all the way extended, outer joint all the way pushed in or somewhere in the middle...
• Re: Motorcycle Hitch for 1985
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:43:45 -0700
  ...As the >> load moves further back, the actual load on the rear axle increases and >> the load on the front axle are lifted. I...
• Re: On weight
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:41:25 -0700
  ...Agilis 61 tires, 50 psi rear, 46 front. This was a quick weighing did not do front and rear axles separately. I have weighed...
• Re: Alternate axle shaft locking mechanism for front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Jun 2021 21:37:37 -0500
  Bay window nuts have a clamp. Maybe that? Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 18, 2021, at 9:29 PM, Alistair Bell <albell...